PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES OF LONDON. 451 



£1516. The animals exhibited for the first time during the year 

 1864 comprised eight mammals, twenty-three birds, two reptiles, and 

 tAvo fishes. Amongst these particular notice was directed to the 

 orange-quilled porcupine {Hystrix onalabaricd) , a new and very 

 interesting addition to this group (for which the Society were indebted 

 to their corresponding member, his Excellency Sir "William Denison, 

 Grovernor of Madras), and to the Didunculus strigirostris, or Tooth- 

 billed Pigeon of the Samoan Islands in the Pacific, perhaps the rarest 

 specimen ever exhibited alive in the Society's menagerie, as it had 

 been supposed until recently to be quite extinct. For the latter 

 the Society were indebted to their indefatigable correspondent, Dr. 

 George Bennett, of Sydney, who had made so many valuable dona- 

 tions to the menagerie. The report then gave a list of animals 

 which had bred in the Gardens of the Zoological Society between 

 the 1st of January, 1864, and the 1st of January, 1865, amongst 

 which were twenty -two species of mammals, twenty species of birds, 

 one reptile, and three fishes ; and also an alphabetically-arranged 

 list of donors, and of their several donations to the menagerie during 

 the year 1864. The Council anticipate that the yearly income of 

 the Society is likely to reach the amount of 3620,000. Allowing 

 £17,000. for the ordinary expenses of the present large establish- 

 ment, a surplus of £3,000. remained, which might be devoted to 

 extraordinary works, without intrenching on the Society's reserve 

 fund. At the same time, the roll of the members of the Society 

 seemed likely to attain a considerable increase, shovdng that the 

 objects of the Society and the state of its afi'airs were generally 

 approved of, while the numerous visitors to the Gardens, particularly 

 on Mondays and holidays, showed the interest taken in the Society's 

 collection by the public at large. The Council's report having been 

 received and adopted, the meeting proceeded to elect the new mem- 

 bers of the Council for the year. The ballot having been taken, 

 the following five Eellows of the Society were elected into the 

 Council, in place of five others removed therefrom : the Eight Hon. 

 Viscount Bury, M.P., IMr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Mr. J. Travers 

 Smith, Mr. E. H. Vyvyan, and Mr. G. E. Waterhouse. The ballot 

 for the officers resulted in the election of the Eight Hon. Sir George 

 Clerk, Bart., as President, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.E.S., &c., as Secretary, 

 and E. Drummond, Esq., as Treasurer, for the ensuing year. 



